]]>http://nlmotel.com/december-12-photos/feed/02456December 10 Photoshttp://nlmotel.com/december-10/
http://nlmotel.com/december-10/#respondSun, 10 Dec 2017 18:27:29 +0000http://nlmotel.com/?p=2435December 10, 2017 Photos The Canadian Snow Gauge is becoming very popular with the Chickadees, Goldfinches and Grosbeaks. 😀 Paul, our male Pine Grosbeak Patti, our female Pine Grosbeak Brent, a bunny that lives by the barn An action shot of Whiskey Pete The Railing is FILLED with little Goldfinches every morning In 2003, I remember making silly photos for the Snow Cam on our Website. At that time, Paris and Nicole rose to fame, starring in “A Simple Life”. So I put them in Continue reading →

]]>http://nlmotel.com/december-10/feed/02435Hotel Scam from Guyanahttp://nlmotel.com/scam/
http://nlmotel.com/scam/#respondThu, 07 Dec 2017 16:41:03 +0000http://nlmotel.com/?p=24102008 Hotel Scam from a Fellow in Guyana Motel owners constantly deal with Scams, and 10 years ago, I thought that I might be able to get this fellow arrested. (But of course, looking back at it now, I understand that no one gets arrested.) This guy from Guyana spent MANY hours on the phone with us, trying to book our whole Motel (16 Rooms & 3 Houses) for a month for his “Company” that was going to be in Wawa for business. To get Continue reading →

Motel owners constantly deal with Scams, and 10 years ago, I thought that I might be able to get this fellow arrested. (But of course, looking back at it now, I understand that no one gets arrested.)

This guy from Guyana spent MANY hours on the phone with us, trying to book our whole Motel (16 Rooms & 3 Houses) for a month for his “Company” that was going to be in Wawa for business. To get rid of him, we told him that it would cost $75,500.

So the guy agreed and mailed us this cheque.

When we received the cheque, we gave it to the Wawa Police, but they had no use for it. They were just relieved that we did not get scammed.

The fellow phoned and asked us if we received, deposited, and if the cheque cleared. (A lot of people don’t realize that the bank will put this amount into your Account without the cheque clearing! Seriously… If Banks stopped doing this, many scams would no longer exist.)

To play along, we told the fellow that we received the cheque and that the Bank cleared it! Yay!

He was happy.

The next day, he phoned to cancel his reservation (Of course), and he wanted us to wire back all the money except for a few thousand that we could keep. How nice of him!!

So the gig was up, we laughed. I told the guy that we didn’t fall for his silly scam, and OH BOY….he was PISSED!! Screaming and Yelling at me….. threatening to SEND THE ROBBERS TO WAWA TO KILL US!!! Explaining that he knew who we were and where we lived because everything is on our Website.

I told him to tell the Robbers to bring LOTS of Bug Spray because it was Black-Fly season.

I did feel the need to report this to a Canadian Anti-Fraud centre, and explained that the fellow threatened us. The funniest ending to the story was that the fellow at the Canadian Anti-Fraud centre said,

“Oh, you don’t have to worry. No one is travelling to Wawa to hurt you…” and added…

]]>http://nlmotel.com/scam/feed/02410December 6, 2017 Photoshttp://nlmotel.com/december-6/
http://nlmotel.com/december-6/#respondWed, 06 Dec 2017 23:41:08 +0000http://nlmotel.com/?p=2382December 6, 2017 Some awesome Grooming Pics on Facebook from Marty in the Soo!! The Town of Wawa looks nice and snowy. It’s starting to look like Christmas! Wawa Lake usually never freezes over till Christmas, or after the New Year. I had to gathered up the DEAD Snow Gauge today. I didn’t replace it yet. We did get some snow, but it was REALLY windy and drifted. I can’t say that we buried a case. Perhaps ½ a case? 4 inches? (Remember – Continue reading →

The Town of Wawa looks nice and snowy. It’s starting to look like Christmas!

Wawa Lake usually never freezes over till Christmas, or after the New Year.

I had to gathered up the DEAD Snow Gauge today. I didn’t replace it yet. We did get some snow, but it was REALLY windy and drifted. I can’t say that we buried a case. Perhaps ½ a case? 4 inches?

(Remember – Rule of thumb with the Snow Gauge is that it takes approximately 2 Cases of snow, plus a LOT of cold weather, for the Wawa Groomers to go out. This is because our trail system is not on ROADS. The trail system crosses swamps, lakes and is on the rocky Canadian Sheild.)

Today’s Visitors

Old Dec 6 Snow Gauge photos

Oh, this one made me laugh! It’s so old – perhaps 2003? I am not even sure which cat it is. Maybe it’s Scooty? We always had to serve Triple XXX in the Bar for the Snowmobilers. But once we closed for winter, we never had our XXX Snow Gauge again. (1 Case buried this year.)

My guess for this gauge is 2009 (One case buried for this year too.)

This one is close to the snow we have right now – December 7, 2011 (High Heels and ½ a case buried. lol!)

]]>http://nlmotel.com/december-6/feed/02382December 5, 2017 Snow Gaugehttp://nlmotel.com/december-5-2017-snow-gauge/
http://nlmotel.com/december-5-2017-snow-gauge/#respondTue, 05 Dec 2017 15:50:08 +0000http://nlmotel.com/?p=2367December 5, 2017 Well folks…. It’s not a Snow Gauge anymore. It’s a WIND Gauge!! DOH! Time to stack a new snow gauge. It looks like the rain is finished for now, so hopefully a new snow gauge will last through the winter. (It usually falls over April 1st like clockwork.) I stacked it earlier than usual because we almost buried the Golf Cart on October 28, 2017! I don’t know what year this was – 2011? 2012? I’d have to research to Continue reading →

]]>http://nlmotel.com/december-5-2017-snow-gauge/feed/02367December 2 Photoshttp://nlmotel.com/december-2-photos/
http://nlmotel.com/december-2-photos/#respondSun, 03 Dec 2017 14:44:02 +0000http://nlmotel.com/?p=2338December 3, 2017 Wawa is in a heavy rainfall warning. Yikes! https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/alerts/high-alert/ontario/wawa Oh oh – Someone is going in for the Gold!! 😀 I took an 8 second video of Sweetie Peetie – Our tamest Forest Squirrel https://youtu.be/srWUSS95tqY Yesterday, December 2, 2017, I drove to Sault Ste Marie for a nice lunch with Mom & Pop. 😀 I leave Wawa at 8am, and then leave Sault Ste Marie by 2:30pm to get back to Wawa before dark (I always avoid driving in Moose Country at Continue reading →

Yesterday, December 2, 2017, I drove to Sault Ste Marie for a nice lunch with Mom & Pop. I leave Wawa at 8am, and then leave Sault Ste Marie by 2:30pm to get back to Wawa before dark (I always avoid driving in Moose Country at night). The sun popped out from the clouds, so I stopped at Cold Water Bay, in Lake Superior Park, and took a walk to the beach.

There wasn’t any snow to be found… The path was beautiful

Moss everywhere! I will try to get there again in sunshine, before the snow falls.

Coldwater Bay / Beach

I stopped again at Old Woman Bay.

I was shocked to see the Old Woman River has been taking out more of the Parking Lot, and now, the beach in front of the parking lot is a sand cliff. Wow! The beach is changing immensely!

I’ll be sure to head back for some nicer Sunny photos, and hopefully, more Sunset pics. In the summer, the sun sets far to the west, and the photos aren’t too spectacular. But this time of year is a great time for sunset photos. Here’s a favourite of mine that I took 2 years ago.

]]>http://nlmotel.com/december-2-photos/feed/02338December 1 – Over the Yearshttp://nlmotel.com/december-1-years/
http://nlmotel.com/december-1-years/#respondFri, 01 Dec 2017 15:41:14 +0000http://nlmotel.com/?p=2307December 1, 2017 Snow Gauge and Old Photos – Wawa I found this photo for December 1st Snow Gauges starting 2004 ~ (I thought I would have 2010 to 2014, but can’t find it yet.) I remember taking this in 2012 – The Canyon Cam. Every day, hundreds of cars would stop on the highway and photograph this scene. We used to say, “It gets photographed more than the Wawa Goose!” This photo came up as a memory from Last year on Facebook. Continue reading →

I found this photo for December 1st Snow Gauges starting 2004 ~ (I thought I would have 2010 to 2014, but can’t find it yet.)

I remember taking this in 2012 – The Canyon Cam. Every day, hundreds of cars would stop on the highway and photograph this scene. We used to say, “It gets photographed more than the Wawa Goose!”

This photo came up as a memory from Last year on Facebook. Northern Lights Waterfalls Dec 1, 2016. 1 year ago ~

Oh fun!! Memories of old Signage for the Snowmobilers.

An old Advertisement we had on a Snowmobile Map

Oh – the Party Room and Hot Tub!! So many great times!

I started the Snow Cam on my Website in 2002 and enjoyed photographing all of our partying guests & putting them on our website. Oh, fun memories of the days when no one had a million pics of themselves on the internet. lol!